Black Widow With Miriam Kent

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Black Widow from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Yelena Belova not quite managing to break her 'eating stale biscuits' conditioning is academic Miriam Kent. What will they find to say about whether men are more upset by female-fronted action movies if they have Nirvana songs in them, Scarlett Johansson's butt being the butt of butt jokes about Scarlett Johansson's butt and the unmade epic Shang-Chi Kicks The Multiverse, and what does any of this have to do with The Apocalyptic Two Ronnies? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Miriam on Jessica Jones here, Runaways here, Eternals here, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law here and the 1989 big screen version of The Punisher here.

If you enjoy Its Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Let's hope Natasha stashed her tin of General Foods International somewhere slightly more hospitable.

Avengers: Endgame With Joanne Sheppard

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Avengers: Endgame from 2019, and joining Tim for a chat about Ant-Man's determination to restore Universal balance and bring back correctly-sized sandwiches is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about Chekhov's Blow-Wave, the practicality of banishing right-wing 'opinion-makers' to Corby and what exactly Valkyrie is doing on the set of Hamish Macbeth, and what does any of this have to do with Rocket Racoon's career prospects as a football mascot? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne on Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Get The Hulk to deliver it so that somehow when it gets handed to you it physics-defyingly mysteriously becomes much bigger

062 - What If...? With Al Kennedy

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s What If...?, first seen in 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about a mindbending glimpse of alternate realities with their own very slightly different versions of The Pink Panther Show is podcaster Al Kennedy. What will they find to say about the Taika Waititi Dressing Gown Universe, the Wacaday With Different Rules Universe and the Noel's House Party: Quantumania Universe, and what does any of this have to do with the Stuart Heritage Who Likes Multiverses Universe? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Al on the nineties Silver Surfer cartoon here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Not decaf, though. This isn't the Multiverse.

Avengers Assemble With Joanne Sheppard

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time we're taking another look at Avengers Assemble from 2012, and joining Tim for a chat about Loki's complete failure to understand what Doc Brown was actually up to at the Clock Tower is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about The Hipsters' Avenger, how to fight off an alien army with a red petticoat and why cinema needs more pirates with mechanical hands, and what does any of this have to do with an organised tour of the S.H.I.E.L.D. canteen? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except it Sucks at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Let's see if Tony Stark unconvincingly pretends he's never tried coffee too.

047 - Hawkeye With Vikki Gregorich

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Hawkeye, first seen in 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Clint and Kate helping Santa out with his naughty list during a busy period is board game expert Vikki Gregorich. What will they find to say about the the wisdom of putting 'Henchman' on your CV, whether The Bucky Show could potentially constitute a five star Broadway smash and who to put your money on if Linda Cardellini and Adrianne Palicki start smacking each other, and what does any of this have to do with Toast Of London Of That Building In New York That Everyone Skates Outside? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Vikki on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Thor - featuring Hawkeye's first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - here, Helstrom here and Werewolf By Night here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you can fire some gingerbread syrup into it using a trick arrow I will be seriously impressed.

044 - What If...? With Martin Ruddock

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s What If…?, first seen in 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about a mindbending glimpse of alternate realities where everyone is different except Hawkeye is writer Martin Ruddock. What will they find to say about the Rory Off Doctor Who As Iron Man Universe, the Martin Freeman Looking At His Watch Universe and the The Beatles Release Carnival Of Light Universe, and what does any of this have to do with the Karen Gillan Made Out Of Lines Universe? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. Martin also joined us on It's Good, Except It Sucks for a two-part chat about Avengers: Infinity War; you can find Part One here and Part Two here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Not decaf, though. This isn't the Multiverse.

043 - Black Widow With David Smith

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Black Widow from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Natasha and Yelena arguing over whether having pockets is 'sissy' is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about how to go undercover as the drummer from Pink Floyd, football chants about Moon Knight and Sonic The Hedgehog's victory over the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what does any of this have to do with Paul McCartney coming round to your house to press 'play' on Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find David on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, Moon Knight here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, X-Men: First Class here and Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, and standing in as host to chat to Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. We promise not to spend it on one of those - ptchah - American coffees Yelena hates so much.

019 - Captain America: Civil War With Mitch Benn

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Captain America: Civil War from 2016, and joining Tim for a chat about Earth's Mightiest Heroes having a bit of a shoving match in an airport car park is comedian and musician Mitch Benn. What will they find to say about Scarlet Witch throwing a building at Donald Trump, the parts of the original Civil War comic that they couldn't do in a blockbuster movie and Spider-Man finally gaining the spider-inability to shut up, and what does any of this have to do with 'Spider-Dad'? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks you can buy me a coffee here. If it's one that's been expanded with one of Ant-Man's giant-size disc things then all the better frankly.

016 - Avengers: Age Of Ultron With Garreth Hirons

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron from 2015, and joining Tim to talk about the race to stop two stroppy teenagers and a mardy robot who's swallowed a dictionary from getting their hands on some metal is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about how fast a 'slacker' can realistically run, whether movies can ever be enlivened by a screeching match and Little Richard's little-known stint as a comic book writer, and what does any of this have to do with a philosophical cultured robot going 'RAAAAAAA'? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Garreth on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Thor: Ragnarok here, Venom here and Venom: Let There Be Carnage here,

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Preferably one that lasts for as long as that bit with Hawkeye's family does.

006 - Avengers Assemble With Mark Griffiths

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Avengers Assemble from 2012, and joining Tim to chat about Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, Thor, Hawkeye and Captain America teaming up to order some shawarma is writer Mark Griffiths. What will they find to say about The Hulk's repertoire of 'zingers', the Studio 54 Avengers, and a big spreadsheet linking Ant-Man and some chips, and what does any of this have to do with Raymond Burr acting as a translator for Godzilla? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It’s Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org.

If you enjoy It’s Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. They probably do coffee at Shawarma Palace. Possibly. Depending on what shawarma actually is.